Professionals at various levels of the healthcare industry need to have a grasp of the HIPAA Security/Privacy Rule and the way it relates to their practice or business. A two-day, in person, live seminar being organized by GlobalCompliancePanel, a leading provider of professional trainings for the regulatory compliance areas, will offer this very important understanding.

Among the areas that Brian will take up are the changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for HIPAA for 2016. There are an enormous amount of issues and risks that Covered Entities and Business Associates these days. He will also dwell upon other aspects of HIPAA, such as:

The history of HIPAA

Privacy vs. security,

Business Associates,

Changes for 2016

Audit process

Paper-based PHI

HIPAA and suing

Texting

Email

Encryption

Medical messaging

Voice data, and lots more.

Myths vs. realities of HIPAA

Essentially, Brian will explain myths versus reality as it relates to this very enigmatic law, and this clarification will be based on over 1000 risk assessments he has performed during the many years of experience he gained in dealing directly with the Office of Civil Rights HIPAA auditors during his career.

Understanding the risk factors for being sued for wrongful disclosures

He will also speak of real life audits conducted by the Federal government and help participants understand what their highest risks are for being fined. He will discuss the highest risk factors for being sued for wrongful disclosures of PHI and the manner in which patients are now using State laws to sue for wrongful disclosures.

He will offer an explanation of the multiple litigated cases that he has been a part of involving HIPAA situations. He will also thoroughly explain how patients are now able to get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information and demonstrate how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices.

Brian will cover the following areas at this seminar:

History of HIPAA

HITECH

HIPAA Omnibus Rule

How to perform a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment

What is involved in a Federal audit and how is it conducted

Risk factors for a federal audit

EHR and HIPAA

Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning

Business Associates and HIPAA

In depth discussions on IT down to the nuts and bolts

BYOD

Risk factors that can cause an audit (low hanging fruit)

New rules which grant states ability to sue citing HIPAA on behalf of a patient